Quotes by: Caroline Buchanan

I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.

Caroline Buchanan

I get called Pink quite a lot. The Pink of the Action Sport World. Or Queen of the Dirt - some call me that.

Caroline Buchanan

I'd love to be able to dominate cycling in general, not just one event.

Caroline Buchanan

I started racing BMX when I was five years old. I followed in my brother's footsteps, and I was a little tomboy. When I came into the sport, there wasn't many women. I raced with the boys; I looked up to the boys, and all my mentors were boys.

Caroline Buchanan

It would be simpler going to an Olympic Games knowing you had to nail one trick that you've done a hundred times, and if you do it, you'll win. Or if you're a swimmer, if you swim a certain time, you will win. In BMX, there are no guarantees.

Caroline Buchanan

In BMX, you need an inner mongrel, something that's a point of difference in the female category.

Caroline Buchanan

You learn a lot from your first Olympic Games experience. Everyone thinks they're prepared, but you never are.

Caroline Buchanan

The biggest thing I've learnt is not to limit myself by the norm or what I should be doing.

Caroline Buchanan

The mistakes you make and lessons you learn at a young age are what gets you to an Olympic level.

Caroline Buchanan

BMX is still a young sport in Olympic terms. So the sport science behind it is also relatively new. As a program, it's only going to get better as the sport gets bigger and more extreme.

Caroline Buchanan

I've always been very competitive - that runs in our family. I'd always try to beat my brother. I'd race the boys and wanted to beat them. They toughened me up. They didn't treat me like a girl.

Caroline Buchanan

I think, in BMX, it's a lot like horse racing. I wouldn't really bet on it.

Caroline Buchanan

Any race I go into, I've always got the attitude of throwing myself into and wanting nothing but No. 1.